Timeline for Are these claims about public WiFi accurate?
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| May 17, 2018 at 18:11 | comment | added | multithr3at3d | You won't notice two identical SSID's on a client device's WiFi picker since they should appear under the same entry. Trying to connect will likely use the strongest one. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 15:16 | comment | added | Therac | True, I suppose most people wouldn't notice. Still, I was mostly focused on the message and how most people would just take that Wi-Fi is bad from it. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 15:08 | history | edited | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 17, 2018 at 14:59 | comment | added | toom | Also, if I am not mistaken the WiFi pineapple can 'overpower' an AP. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:55 | comment | added | SomeGuy | Only for those who know better. If they create an evil twin, the SSID's will be identical and most people would assume this is for redundancy or load-balancing. They may not think about those exact terms, but the layperson will probably not regard 2 nets with the same SSID with suspicion. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:43 | comment | added | Therac | But then there will be two networks with the same name - that should be enough to create suspicion in someone security-conscious enough to process the part about which wi-fi to use. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:40 | comment | added | toom | "you can ask the employees for which network is the official." thing is; if they fake it they most likely take the exact name right? | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:36 | history | answered | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |